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Lažany
Lažany
Village
	Lažany Location of Lažany in Slovakia
	Coordinates: 49°02′N 21°06′E / 49.033°N 21.100°E
Country	Slovakia
Region	Prešov
District	Prešov
First mentioned	1320
Area
• Total	1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Elevation	383 m (1,257 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	171
Postal code	082 32
Area code	+421 51
Car plate	PO

Lažany (Hungarian: Lászka) is a small village and municipality in Prešov District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.

Name

The name comes from Slovak Laz – a kind of small mountain village.^[5]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1320.^[5]

The municipality lies at an altitude of 368 metres and covers an area of 1.313 km². It has a population of about 150 people.

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^ ^a ^b "Hustota obyvateľstva – obce". www.statistics.sk (in Slovak). Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Uličný 1990, p. 166.